Epie flowers

  

                                       Epiphyllum "Yellow "

                    Cheered me up on this cold windy rainy morning !

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🌿💛Epiphyllum var "yellow" Flower - update ☀️

Hope you enjoyed that . . . . well the outer petals are yellow ....the inner petals are white .

            More on the way ! May is the month of Epiphyllum love 💛🌿🤍

💮First Epie Bloom of 2024💮

 We've had a nice lot of rain at last and I can take water from the water-butts again .  Come with me , I want to show you inside the greenhouse .

🌧️Still waiting for the greenhouse builders to come back and fix the leaking roof🌧️

As you can see the tomatoes and cucumber plants are now romping away !

   I have been waiting weeks for this ! The Epiphyllum bud has finally opened !

I carefully pull back some of the cucumber vines to show you .

                        Oh ! My heart ! It's so beautiful ! 

I didn't think the Epies would flower at all this year after having been moved about while this new greenhouse was being built .  Hopefully we'll get a few more blooms .

                      🌺The Epiphyllum corner of the greenhouse 🌺

Still sunshine and showers , and gusty wind too .  Not as bad as they said it would be though .

Glad to have a break from watering the garden and everything is looking refreshed .

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Another Epie flower !

 

So it turned out that my hospital appointment was for today , early . I had to dash about watering a couple of things and open up the greenhouse at a crazy time this morning . 

As I walked up to the greenhouse I could see through the window that another Epiphyllum had bloomed  .

I couldn't wait to get inside and take a closer look .

                         

So I had my scan , I now have a fat dressing of cotton wool taped onto my arm for a little while .

Instructions to drink lots of water to flush out the dye contrast and hopefully not too long to wait for the "all clear" phone call . 

 Putting my feet up again now . 

Hope everyone is having a great Bank holiday and half term school holiday  !  🦋🌿🐝☀️ xxx

Did you guess correctly ?

 

Did you guess it right ?  🌿 Well , one of the buds opened this evening , at just about sunset .

Meanwhile in the greenhouse

                                                    Two more Epie buds !  🤩

My First Epiphyllum Flower of 2019

                                               In my greenhouse ...
I was so thrilled and excited to see this bloom this evening that I forgot to look at the label .

I think it is Epiphyllum  "  King Midas " .....but I will double check this tomorrow .

Another Epiphyllum flower !

        This morning I opened the greenhouse door to be greeted by yet another beautiful Epie bloom .

             I think this one is Epiphyllum crenatum or it could be Epiphyllum crenatum var chichicastenago...this one came from a cutting from my mother's one , which in turn came from my Grandmother . I always wonder where on earth my Grandmother got it from..no garden centres back in her time .

                                         So this is a very special one for me .

  There was a slight fragrance ..but I think this was still coming from yesterday's Epiphyllum oxypetalum blooms.
   Maybe when I go up to close the windows I'll have another check on the perfume..but I am thinking that this one has no fragrance .

Look at the size of it in my hands ! When the Epies have finished flowering , I will be having a ruthless Epie tidy up and re-label everything ....there should be lots of cuttings..if anyone wants one . They are very easy to root . They are best in a  greenhouse really , on the shady side . I fix up windbreak mesh for shade . They like to climb and scrabble about ..maybe too untidily for you ..but I adore them !